In fact, there are countless offset projects in the $1-$15/tonne range, as
well:
The total offsetting budget would not need to be too enourmous, yet it
could be impactful.
Best regards,
Bence
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 18:28 Henry Wood, <henry.wood.1869(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Surely it doesn't really matter who within the
organisation is racking
up the CO2? More important is the fact that the Foundation
acknowleges itself responsible for about 2,000 tonnes of CO2 emission.
At an offset price around $100/tonne, presumably we may expect that as
an interim measure, WMF will purchase $200K worth of offsets -- an
eminently affordable sum on its current budget.
Henry
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 14:28, Adrian Raddatz <ajraddatz(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'm more interested in the numbers for the WMF as a whole. One CEO does
not
make an emissions problem, and in a
global-reaching organization I'd hope
that the CEO would be flying around a bit. Focusing on the ten or so
executives at the Foundation seems like a sensational approach rather
than
a useful one.
Adrian
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 9:24 AM Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice to see that
https://wikimediafoundation.org has a banner linking
> to the global climate strike today.
>
> Can anyone produce some verifiable metrics that the WMF has taken
> significant action to reduce the total number of aircraft flights the
> WMF uses?
>
> I am asking as though there are no transparently published figures for
> how much the WMF spends on air travel, I recall that the Katherine
> Mahler was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, where is was part
> of her impressive executive profile to be "on the road" for 200 days
> of the year. This probably puts Katherine in the very top numbers for
> CEOs with damaging carbon footprints resulting from travelling so
> often by flying.[1] If the WMF wants to be seen as an ethical company
> when it comes to reducing their organizational impact on climate
> change, perhaps this could start with publishing travel figures for
> the CEO and the rest of the management team, so that everyone can see
> whether there is year on year improvement, or none.
>
> Thanks again for the banner, it does help increase the sense of
urgency.
>
> Links:
> 1.
>
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-35-year-old-executive-director-of-wiki…
Fae
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